Works on my 700mhz iBook with 16mb Radeon card, and also running dev version of Panther (build 7A202).

I ran the script "Ibook Screen Enhancer" and it came up with three options. I hit Ja and then it asked for my password, and after that it came up with a screen with two options, where I hit Ja again. This rebooted my system, and after logging back in, I had monitor spanning.

I definitely prefer this way of doing it. Is this doing anything to the firmware at all? It says to in the hint that I need to press cmd-opt-o-f to reset, and to me, this means it changed the firmware. Well, so far, no ill effects.. Will post back later if anything comes up.

AgBlue

Tried it on my iBook (version = 1.12) 700 MHz G3.

Dual monitor works great.

Could not get it to say awake when I closed the case. If anyone has any ideas on that one I would appreciate it...

Running 10.2.6

I just ran the dialogs through Babelfish. The first is:
"Is the extended two-monitor enterprise to be activated? Yes / No / Break off"

The next is "Is the script to start the computer new, so that the changes become effective? Yes / No"

Basically, the first asks if you want to install it, and the second asks if you want to restart.

Also, the first script just installs the monitor thing; the second extends the monitor and makes the computer be able to stay asleep with the lid closed.

Supposed to work on other models? By iMac, does that mean just the flat screens or could it work on the old G3's?

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has anyone tested to see if, on a 16mb vid card, this causes quartz extreme to be disabled? i would assume that os x splits up the video memory somehow to handle both displays, which would leave each display less than 16mb. but i don't know if qe tests the total available video ram or if it tests how much is available for any given display. anyone?

My 600 mHz iBook isn't booting as a consequence of applying this script. Apparently I am not the only one having problems! If you know how to fix my problem (firmware reset not working), let me know!

http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html

A bit of information you may want to read before doing this.

Reasons I ask is:

1. I own 1 and would love to get a second display
2. The script when run allows the option on my computer (Ja, Nein, Abbrechen), implying the 15" iMac can do this. I haven't clicked "Ja" to see what would happen (not much point as haven't got that second display yet)
3. The nvidia webpage has advertised the GeForce2 MX as being capable of this through "TwinView" dual display architecture. The apple system profiler indicates this is my graphics card.
4. I assume the 15" iMac has a SVGA port (back left, signposted by TV shape sandwiched by 2 vertical lines)

Any luck??

Cheers

The authors changed the script in a way that the warning (not to install on an unsupported system) cannot be ignored!
The exact link to the german forum post ("Des Rätsels Lösung!!!") about restoring function to a 600mhz iBook is http://www.mactechnews.de/index.php?function=17&thread=1347&cat=3=49

I haven't yet had the guts to try this, but I'm wondering: With two active displays, are both displays constrained to 800x600 (or less)?

For that matter, is it ever possible to drive an external display from an iBook (mirroring or no) at greater than 800x600 resolution?

I couldn't make heads or tails of this until I ran all the property values through the translator in Sherlock:

property pech : "This computer does not support an extended two-monitor operation."
property neustart : "Is the script to again start the computer, so that the modifications
become effective?"
property maches : "Note! They execute this script on own danger. Possibly your computer
does not start thereafter any longer.

Is the extended two-monitor operation to be activated?"
property ja : "Yes"
property nein : "No"
property abbrechen : "Abort"

I heard this hack was broken in Panther. Can it be fixed?

I am running the iBook Screen Enhancer on both the current eMac G4 1.25 GHz and the current G4 iBook without any problems.

A translated version of the script can be found at:

http://www.mecheng.adelaide.edu.au/~mac/Utilities/iBookScreenEnhancer.sitx

We've also have it running at work on various other eMacs, again without any problems